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Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** | "Uvularia puberula" by George Cooke, published in The Botanical Cabinet by Conrad Loddiges & Sons, 1823. |
| Botanical name: |
Uvularia
puberula Michx. |
| Common
name: |
pine barrens bellwort |
| Synonomy: |
| Oakesiella puberula (Michx.) Small |
| Uvularia carolina (J.F. Gmel.) Wilbur |
| Uvularia nitida (Britton) Mack. |
| Uvularia puberula Michx. var. nitida (Britton) Fernald |
| Uvularia pudica sensu Fernald |
| Uvularia pudica sensu Fernald var. nitida (Britton) Fernald |
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| Group: |
Monocot |
| Family: |
Liliaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Forb/Herb |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Origin: |
Native |
| Plant
height: |
6-12" |
| Foliage: |
leaves sessile to the stem, stem not appearing to pierce leaf; leaves rounded at base. Stem is slightly hairy.
Leaves are similar to U. sessilifolia (Sessile-leaved bellwort) but leaves are green and shining on both sides. |
| Flower
color: |
light-yellow |
| Flower
size: |
app. 1" long |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
early to late May |
| Habitat: |
Edges of the swamps in the pine barrens |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
Records in Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, and Atlantic counties. Current records are in Ocean county. |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
State Endangered, S2, LP, HL |
| Distribution: |
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 519. |
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